Physical damage cases : The expression ‘physical damage’ covers personal injuries, damage to property and consequential expenses. This form of loss is recoverable in both contract and tort cases, but the majority of such actions arise in the law of tort. For the purposes of the tort of negligence in particular, the relevant test of remoteness of damage or legal causation is relatively favourable to the

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The expression ‘physical damage’ covers personal injuries, damage to property and consequential expenses. This form of loss is recoverable in both contract and tort cases, but the majority of such actions arise in the law of tort.